Christine revealed that when her fella sat in on her first scan he was so overcome he burst into tears

But away from the TV studio, the Take Me Out host has only one thing on his mind... becoming a dad for the first time.

Paddy, 39, is so happy about wife Christine expecting twins that when he sat in on her first scan, he was so overcome he burst into tears.

And in an exclusive interview today, Christine, 24, tells how he is already taking his new responsibilities seriously, fussing over her and doing all the cooking and cleaning.

“We were both in tears at the scan because it’s just amazing when you can see the babies and hear the heartbeats,” she says.

“It was especially moving because we weren’t expecting to see two.”

But she adds as a joke: “I think Paddy’s tears were because he was thinking about how much they are going to cost him!

“He’ll be a brilliant dad. He’s ­really caring and one of the first things that really attracted me to Paddy was seeing how good he is with kids and how close he is to his ­family.

“Family is very precious to him and he has a lot of time for people. I always knew that I wanted a big family of my own. He’ll tell good stories to the kids.

“We always said we ­wanted four children but the good thing is that we are having two together now, so I can take a couple of years off before we have any more.”

She says that no doubt they will struggle like most new parents but believes that learning together will be part of the fun.

“Both our mums were single parents so it was important for us to have a ­really solid family unit. Paddy’s so ­excited and all he’s interested in is looking at car seats.”

She also reveals how the couple, who married in July 2011 after dating for three years, are preparing for parenthood by watching endless episodes of the gritty birthing ­documentary One Born Every Minute.

“We’ve watched every ­series,” she says. “I love seeing the baby coming out because it’s such a magical ­moment.

“It gets us excited and I can’t wait for the feeling where we hold our babies for the first time. And I can’t wait to find out their sex and bring them home. I can’t imagine what it’s like to give birth and I just hope it goes well and there are no complications.

“Paddy will be at the birth next to me to tell me that I still look wonderful.

“If it was just one baby I might not have had him in the room with me but ­because it’s two I need that extra bit of support and for him to tell me I’m doing brilliantly.”

But Christine says she has made Paddy, famous for his ­catchphrases “no likey, no lighty” and “Let the dog see the rabbit”, promise to cut out the one-liners when she goes into labour.

“I did warn him that he has to be careful because there was a One Born Every Minute episode where a guy was cracking jokes while his wife was in labour and she just got really annoyed. I’ve tried to say to him that he might not want to do that.”

Radiant Christine also talks more about how Paddy, who found fame on TV shows Pheonix Nights and Max

And Paddy before embarking on a stand-up career, has finally become domesticated.

“He has been very involved from the beginning,” she says. “He’s taken lots of time off work and is going to take two months off in the summer when the babies arrive to help.

“He has been fantastic and I’ve been really surprised. For the last five years he hasn’t cleaned and I just thought he couldn’t because he’s a bloke. But now he’s really dropped himself in it because he’s cleaning up every day and he’s really good at it.

“He hasn’t let me lift a finger and says he’s going to give me massages. He’s being a gentleman and carrying all the shopping bags and driving me everywhere. It’s nice he’s looking after me. He wants to come to all of the ­appointments. He’ll probably come to the antenatal classes too.

“He isn’t going to be staying overnight anywhere and keeps saying that he will hate going away when the babies are here. I think he’ll be ringing his agent saying he needs to have a night off.”

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Delighted: Paddy and Christine

Christine, who is now three months ­pregnant, tells of their surprise when they first found out they were expecting two babies.

“There are twins on my dad’s side so I knew it was in the family,” she says. “But I’ve got such a huge family I never thought it would happen to me.

“I did a pregnancy test and it didn’t seem real, so I ended up doing one every day up until I was eight weeks pregnant.

“We just couldn’t believe it and loved seeing the positive line and it just helped it sink in.

“Then I had my first scan and that’s when we found out it was twins. We just couldn’t believe it and are so happy and feel really, really lucky.

“I don’t think we are going to find out the sex. I can wait but Paddy is really impatient and keeps saying that we need to know so we can get organised. He has never been organised in his life.

“At the minute we are over the moon... but ask me again when I am up all night covered in sick. There’s going to be an awful lot of nappies in our house.”

Christine joins a number of celebrities expecting their first babies this year, including The Saturdays’ Rochelle ­Wiseman, Kim Kardashian and, of course, the Duchess Of Cambridge.

Unlike poor Kate, Christine hasn’t suffered any morning sickness.

“I feel absolutely fine,” she says. “I knew I was pregnant when the news came out about Kate and her being ­really sick. I just thought, ‘Oh gosh, is this what I have got to look forward to?’

“But I’ve had no sickness. The only thing I’ve noticed is that I’ve been ­really exhausted.

“My appetite is ridiculous and I’m eating everything. Since I’ve got ­pregnant I am really hot all the time so I am ­craving anything cold. I love ice cream and ice cubes. I eat a Fab ice lolly every night while ­watching TV.”

Christine says the only downside to their baby news is that it means they’ve had to put their planned exotic ­honeymoon on hold... indefinitely.

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She says: “We were hoping to get a honeymoon after we got married but we had to hold off and now the babies have come before the honeymoon which isn’t how it’s supposed to work.

“We will probably end up at Butlins as we won’t fancy taking two babies to the Maldives.”

But she says it’s the right time to have babies. “We’re so happy and get on so well,” she says. “We have everything... a beautiful home, a lovely dog and now we’ve got the missing piece.”

And while Paddy may be ­famous for playing cupid on Saturday nights, Christine says that if they have a daughter there’s no chance he’ll be ­helping her to find a mate.

She says he’s likely to enforce a strict ban on boys.

“People have been teasing him about what he’s going to do if he has girls,” she reveals.

“I think he will make them be daddy’s girls. Hopefully they won’t make mistakes when they are teenagers because they will have a good dad there telling them what they can and can’t do.

“I think he’ll be strict but he’ll also be their best friend.”

However, she adds: “They probably won’t be allowed out until they are in their twenties!”